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for I was just going to ask whether you accepted all I have said, or were displeased with anything. But now it is clear that we shall have to discuss the question of the propriety of government without laws.Younger Socrates
Of course we shall.Stranger
In a sense, however, it is clear that law-making belongs to the science of kingship; but the best thing is not that the laws be in power, but that the man who is wise and of kingly nature be ruler. Do you see why?Younger Socrates
Why is it?Stranger
Because law could never, by determining exactly what is noblest
Of course we shall.Stranger
In a sense, however, it is clear that law-making belongs to the science of kingship; but the best thing is not that the laws be in power, but that the man who is wise and of kingly nature be ruler. Do you see why?Younger Socrates
Why is it?Stranger
Because law could never, by determining exactly what is noblest
